The BBC’s hit television show, The Traitors has become a global phenomenon, with the format created in the Netherlands and licensed across forty countries.
A television format is a valuable commercial asset that cannot be protected by copyright as a pure idea. Instead, production companies rely on early non-disclosure agreements and documented paper trails before pitching concepts to broadcasters. To turn a creative concept into a protectable asset, legal teams must secure underlying intellectual property (IP) rights, establish strict contributor agreements, and draft comprehensive international licensing deals.
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